"I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan."

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"I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan."

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"I believe in the greatness of our people."

People, Greatness

"However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy."

History, Positive, Confidence, Democracy

"Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan."

People, Confidence, Democracy

"Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service."

Age, Constitution, Military, Service

"We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution."

Constitution, Rights, Humanrights

"If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts."

Love, Values, Country, Unity

"We have had a long wait for democracy."

Democracy,

"Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region."

Peace, Security, Stability

"We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people."

Positive, People, Decision, Perspective

"We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform."

Trust, Belief, Effort, Reform, Will

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"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right."

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"In order to win, you must expect to win."

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Confidence, Order

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Confidence, Feeling

"Credit... is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man."

James Blish, American Author

Confidence, Credit, Man

"And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them."

Robert Boyle, Irish Philosopher

Confidence, Sight

"What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence."

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Confidence,

"The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in."

Warren Christopher, American Statesman

Confidence, Sense

"He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views."

William Congreve, English Poet

Confidence, Integrity